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Three Ways of Looking at Austin Mystery Writers or, Why I Go to Critique Group by Kathy Waller #1 Yesterday Dominica felt faint, and Molly, my protagonist, steered her to a bench on the courthouse lawn and then dithered over what to do. She couldn’t leave Dominica there to topple off the bench, but asking …

Is A Critique Group Right For You? by Connie Campbell Berry You’ve spent months alone with your characters. The setting of your novel is more real to you than your hometown. You can quote whole chapters word for word. You laugh and cry at all the right places. But is your manuscript ready to be …

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Should Have Played Poker – Foreward Reviews

This charming mystery novel says those who are always around you make the truest kind of family.